Colombia's national police chief resigned on Wednesday, swept up in a male prostitution scandal that has also seen the country's deputy interior minister leave office.
Colombia's national police chief, Rodolfo Palomino, resigned from his position on Wednesday following the inspector general's announcement yesterday that a disciplinary investigation would be opened into allegations that Palomino created a male prostitution ring within the national police force.
The investigation was prompted by testimony that surfaced late last year from a police captain who claimed to have been abused by his superiors during the time he served as a cadet. A retired officer further supported this allegation, saying that with Palomino's complicity, entry-level male cadets were coaxed and threatened into having sex with higher-ranking officers, the BBC reports.
In his announcement about the investigatory probe, Inspector General Alejandro Ordonez stated that authorities have obtained testimony and a recorded conversation from 2008 between a then-senator and a senior police official that apparently confirms the existence of the prostitution ring, according to the Associated Press.
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